Hit Black Ice.. What To Expect?
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Honestly this is a good company, for all the bad stuff that's happened to me I think this is the lowest reprimand I could get. Series of unfortunate events.
Glad you guys are all right.
Hopefully, they rule these incidents as non-preventable, or in other words, nothing you could have done differently - it just happened.
Good job keeping your cool and not doing anything like swerving, slamming on your brakes, or anything else that might have compounded the situation and made it worse.
Time and time again, I am learning that not making your appointment is not the worst thing that could happen.
-mountain girl
I have had zero communication other than head to Medford to get a load. This is a drop and hook contrary to Road Assist telling me to not drop the trailer until I got to Salt Lake City. I have asked about heading into the terminal and have received no reply. No word from any department about anything actually and I am through asking questions that are disregarded.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
They towed me into SLC and told me I have to do the TNT training again.
TNT:
Trainer-N-Trainee
Prime Inc has their own CDL training program and it's divided into two phases - PSD and TNT.
The PSD (Prime Student Driver) phase is where you'll get your permit and then go on the road for 10,000 miles with a trainer. When you come back you'll get your CDL license and enter the TNT phase.
The TNT phase is the second phase of training where you'll go on the road with an experienced driver for 30,000 miles of team driving. You'll receive 14¢ per mile ($700 per week guaranteed) during this phase. Once you're finished with TNT training you will be assigned a truck to run solo.
They towed me into SLC and told me I have to do the TNT training again.
Did you have winter driving training on your original TNT phase?
TNT:
Trainer-N-Trainee
Prime Inc has their own CDL training program and it's divided into two phases - PSD and TNT.
The PSD (Prime Student Driver) phase is where you'll get your permit and then go on the road for 10,000 miles with a trainer. When you come back you'll get your CDL license and enter the TNT phase.
The TNT phase is the second phase of training where you'll go on the road with an experienced driver for 30,000 miles of team driving. You'll receive 14¢ per mile ($700 per week guaranteed) during this phase. Once you're finished with TNT training you will be assigned a truck to run solo.
Not a single day of winter driving. I didn't get a ticket so I'm happy it won't show up on my cdl.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Mark P. philosophises:
Whatever happens, happens.
Don't let this happen to you. It's true anyone can end up on the wrong end of an accident or unexpected event. Ask "Sully" Sullenberger the airline pilot with 29 years commercial experience who had to land in the Hudson River in 2009.
But you should do your best to learn to anticipate anything that may happen while you drive. Mark, I'm not knocking you, because I know after this you will be an expert on anticipating black ice situations. But "whatever happens, happens" is not an attitude to take as a person responsible for 80,000 pounds of metal and freight rolling down any highway.
Mark P. philosophises:
Whatever happens, happens.
Don't let this happen to you. It's true anyone can end up on the wrong end of an accident or unexpected event. Ask "Sully" Sullenberger the airline pilot with 29 years commercial experience who had to land in the Hudson River in 2009.
But you should do your best to learn to anticipate anything that may happen while you drive. Mark, I'm not knocking you, because I know after this you will be an expert on anticipating black ice situations. But "whatever happens, happens" is not an attitude to take as a person responsible for 80,000 pounds of metal and freight rolling down any highway.
I meant that in regards to whatever action is taken by Prime!
A clarification:
I meant that in regards to whatever action is taken by Prime!
Yeah, you don't have much control there. But remember Second Chance talked his way back into a job!
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